{"product_id":"9780061755798","title":"What We Ache For: Creativity and the Unfolding of Your Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her previous books, \u003cem\u003eOriah Mountain Dreamer\u003c\/em\u003e has challenged readers to live with passion and honesty, to embrace the true, fallible, human self. \u003cem\u003eWhat We Ache For\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving and eloquent call to delve deeply into our creative selves, to do our creative work, and offer it to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe creative process is essential to human nature. It is as essential as spirituality and sexuality, and in fact all three are deeply intertwined. \u003cem\u003eWhat We Ache For\u003c\/em\u003e is a practical book allowing readers to embrace the urgency and necessity of their creativity, whatever their medium -- writing, painting, sculpture, dance, music, or film.  As Oriah says, \"Doing creative work allows us to follow the thread of what we ache for into a deeper life, offering us a way to cultivate a life of making love to the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Oriah through this journey  in such chapters as \"The Seduction  of the Artist,\" \"Learning to See,\" and \"Risk and Sacrifice,\" \u003cem\u003eWhat We Ache For\u003c\/em\u003e challenges and inspires readers to fully embrace their artistic selves as a way of forging a path of spiritual unfolding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077894226160,"sku":"9780061755798","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061755798_p0.jpg?v=1769888198","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061755798","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}